Nick Saban does not like how fast the ball can be snapped in no-huddle offenses, as he's concerned about player safety. (AP Photo)

Player safety or playing Florida State in the BCS National Championship Game?

The good of the game, or what’s good for his team?

Alabama’s uber-successful coach made an interesting point on Wednesday’s SEC conference call, stating the speed of the game—specifically, up-tempo, no-huddle offenses—is a safety issue.

“I think that the way people are going no-huddle right now, that at some point in time we should look at how fast we allow games to go in terms of player safety,” Saban said.

Top-ranked Alabama hasn’t lost since November of last season (to LSU), and hasn’t lost to a team running no-huddle since both Utah and Florida used variations of up-tempo offenses in the 2008 season.

Still, Saban's not sold on the merits of the up-tempo schemes—even though his own offense has run variations of no-huddle over the last two seasons.

“You can’t substitute defensive players,” Saban said. “You go on a 14-, 16-, 18-play drive and they’re snapping the ball as fast as they can and you look out there and all your players are walking around and can’t even get lined up. I mean that’s when guys have a much greater chance of getting hurt when they’re not ready to play. I think that’s something that can be looked at.”